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Obama praises Vietnam veterans’ contributions

Urges US to mark 50th anniversary and show thanks

By Ken Thomas

 |  Associated Press  

  May 29, 2012

President Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming. “You were sometimes blamed for the misdeeds of a few,’’ Obama said at the Vietnam War Memorial. “You came home and were sometimes denigrated when you should have been celebrated. It was a national shame, a disgrace that should have never happened.’’

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